Posts Tagged ‘Letter of Saint Paul to the Romans’

A reading from the Book of Genesis
(Chapter 2:7-9, 3:1-7)
No one knows exactly when the Book of Genesis was written, but biblical scholars calculate that it was sometime after the Jewish people came back from the Babylonian Exile in the sixth century B.C. and people questioned why they were away so ...Read More

A reading from the Book of the prophet Isaiah
(Chapter 11:1-10)
The prophets of Israel preached several massages, some hopeful and some judgmental, but all to awaken the people of Israel during hard times and give them courage. Here, Isaiah talks about a new leader, a future king. “The spirit of the ...Read More

A reading from the Book of the prophet Isaiah
(Chapter Chapter 2:1-5)
“In days to come the mountain of the Lord’s house shall be established as the highest mountain and raised above the hills….For from Zion shall go forth instruction and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem. He shall judge ...Read More

A reading from the Book of Proverbs
(Chapter 8:22-31)
“Thus says the wisdom of God: ‘The Lord possessed me, the beginning of his ways, the forerunner of his prodigies of long ago; from of old I was poured forth, at the first, before the earth.’” Who or what is this wisdom that ...Read More

A reading from the Book of Deuteronomy
(Chapter 26:4-10)
Moses gives the people a short summary of their history—the call of Abraham, their suffering in Egypt, and finally their deliverance by God, as Moses puts it, “with his strong hand and outstretched arm with terrifying power, with signs and wonders; and bringing ...Read More